Revealing analysis of national trends and local news you won't find in Miami's mainstream media. Dedicated to ethical government, saving tax dollars and a healthy environment. We aim to TRY to break the chokehold of Miami's developers and lobbyists on local government and the public commons. We offer our forum to that end.

Monday, December 31, 2012

POST OF THE YEAR: Where is Ana Sol Alliegro? by gimleteye

(This) post was the funniest take on the whereabouts of the missing in action and self-described "Republican bad girl" Ana Alliegro, who is at the center of the David Rivera scandal. Before Alliegro disappeared, (Australia maybe?) she was sought by investigators who wanted to know about Rivera's involvement in cash transactions that helped fund the Democratic primary candidate against the eventual winner of the Congressional seat, Joe Garcia. "What's a good political corruption story without a femme fatale? ... That would Ana Sol Alliegro. Who wasn't entertained by our post, which asked our readers for suggestions to help the FBI find Ana.We got more feedback from readers than any post: showing that when it comes to political corruption in Miami-Dade, Eye On Miami readers can sniff an aromatic Miami story like a glass of fine wine and assess its quality with the best."

Honestly: read the comments to appreciate the quality of Eye On Miami reader feedback.

So we don't know where Ana Sol Alliegro is, but EOM readers certainly have interesting ideas of the track the FBI might follow. If I had to guess, Ana will re-emerge sober, after the November election, contrite, and facing whatever consequences are in store, likely challenged by lawyers who will emerge to help her pro bono. Maybe she will find a Miami lawyer who is a Democrat to represent her. What follows is from our earlier posts. Please don't hesitate to add to the record.

Has the trail gone cold on Ana Sol Alliegro? Where is she? Miami thinks this is important!

The really big thieves always get away. Often they get promoted. If I were her Ana would cut the best deal I could. That cash came from somewhere. If she was smart, she kept a way to prove Rivera's fingerprints on it. What's that worth to the feds and her is the question. It also depends on who is elected in November. This is where Obama really screwed up. He didn't use the law and the full power of the FBI to ferret out and prosecute the big Bush thieves. If Romney wins, all this Rivera stuff just disappears in smoke. He knows there's a good chance this happens.

Using a private Fanjul plane to fly somewhere no one would look, like California? She couldn't leave the Country unless she used a fake passport, and that's quite possible, so that's not even ruled out!

Just some suggestions:In Homestead at the many hotels:Redland Hotel, Hampton Inn, Florida Executive the list goes on.If her mother knows where she is, could this be obstruction of justice. Maybe she is in witness protection. I just hope she is safe.

From the articles I have read in the media. Her mother knows where she is. If your child is missing and have not reported it and she says her daughter is fine. Then mother needs to be arrested for harboring a federal witness.Otherwise if she is in witness protection which is possible then watch out Lynda Bell.

I have a question. a commenter on the herald online article wrote that ana was Joe Garcia's former campaign manager. no one disputed thestatement but it's the herald which is why I'm asking the readers/bloggers here.

She is okay. Her Mom has yet to file a missing persons request with police. That tells me she knows something and does not want to be prosecuted for filing a false police report. Anyway, Ana and her lik are immune to justice.

In a way this fiasco reminds me of another Miami story that happened years ago. Remember the watermelon filled with drugs that was taped up and brought to the airport to go on the plane? I really hope she is OK, understands the trouble she is in, and can plan a safe exit.

I keep looking in the Herald for a follow-up story. Nothing.Someone there must realize that the disappearance of a key witness is NEWS. But then again, they are soft peddaling so many politically related, yet crucially important, issues - that it's sickening.

I too am wondering why this story has literally disappeared from our local newspapers! Perhaps she's been located and no one is talking. This is all so surreal, but so Miami! And people wonder why we are not a "world class" city!

On another note, these comments are probably among the best on the blogs! I hope someone is taking notes. This is a great novel in the making!

Do you think someone put the "squeeze" on the Miami Herald? It is strange with a developing story like this that there is no follow-up. It adds to the mystery. Something is up. If there is, where did the pressure come from, and why? And why would the Herald succumb?

I've been check the Herald website, even the Sun Sentinel. Not another peep from either, though the Herald should be covering this. I do give the Sentinel kudos though for most of the time much better & more detailed reporting on Dade County issues than our local rag!

To the commenter who said that someone in a Herald article claimed Alliegro was a former Garcia campaign manager: couldn't be more wrong. She's an ultra-conservative GOP operative and a good friend of David's. If you look up stuff about the 2010 campaign, Garcia's manager was an unrelated Jeffrey Garcia.

For the people complaining about the Herald: It's hard to write a story when there is nothing new to report."Ana Sol Alliegro still missing. Nobody has seen her. Nobody knows where she is but her mother might and she won't tell us. We'll let you know when someone finds her."End of story.

There is plenty the Herald could do ... Put the spotlight on the past. Who are these bolleteros? They influence public elections: their private lives should be brought to light. Who exactly at the Herald is scared to tell the truth? Maybe we need our own town square stockades to put them in side by side.

..you haven't heard from the Herald, because the Herald messed up in the first place and they would never fest up. She is Not missing; of course her mother knows where she is; The Herald said an untruth, and doesn't know how to get out of it.

I am a student trying to do a report on a company that is possibly under federal investigation for loan fraud. I am sorry that this article doesn't pertain to that, but I don't know where else to post this.

Apparently, the fraud involved a 20 million dollar loan and condo rehab that never took place. This all went down in the 20's block of Miami beach, sometime in the past five years. A couple of the players involved are the OPAL real estate group, run by Peter Picknelly and Demetrios Panteleakis.

I know this isn't the correct place to post this, but I am trying to do a report on them and I have run out of places to look. The article I read about this in, roughly 10 months ago, cannot be found. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

All I know is that I was pleased to see Jumpin' Joe Carollo have a walk on, cameo role in this thing. I guess he was tapping this gun totin', leg spreadin' ditzy batistiana for 80 odd days or so, until he grew fearful of her pistol, which she compares to some men's parts. Hmmm...wonder if it's a derringer or a .44 magnum. Anyhow, I been missin' ol' Joe, and sure am happy to see he's still kicking...or something. Ana's out in Hollywood, trying to drum up some interest in a new porn project. Personally, I think it would fly...a nude Cubana rubia who guns down wayward exile Republicans; the mind goes numb at the thought...

Look, she's not dead. Just watch the Herald Articles and you will see her posting. If you know her, and have kept up with the campaign she was running, then it will be as obvious as the nose on your ace.....hopefully the FBI continues to do their homework. Mr. Bean and La Rubia....real pcs. of poo!

She is writing "La Boletera Mayor" conga version, date of release depending on how FL voting goes... Since we are so smart, we have great Governor Scott, outstanding Representative West, and amazingly honest Rivera. All she needs to do is wait one more month, then she show opens in Calle Ocho.

Who knows? Ana might be with ex-boyfriend Alex Diaz de la Portilla waiting for Rivera to go down and Joe Garcia to win the congressional seat. That way, in 2014, Alex or one of his brothers will run for Congress and he'll have a much easier time defeating Joe Garcia than David Rivera.

If Rivera will run delivery truck off the road over a state house seat, what makes you think for even a moment that he would not make sure she sleeps with the fishes ? She talked and it came to no good end.

Quotes hall of fame - worth another look:

Jonathon Dunlop of Australia about the Miami Airport:"This is the most disorganized shambles of an airport that exists on this earth.''April 01, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment on Post__________________________________On "Colony Collapse Disorder":Anonymous said...I say lets wait till the last tree is going to be cut down, the last bit of oil used, the last lowland coastal areas flooded before we make any rash decisions that might effect the economy.April 21, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment_________________________________On Bee “Colony Collapse Disorder” being blamed on cell phones:Anonymous said...Hmmm. What are bees doing with cell phones, anyhow?April 20, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment_________________________________On South Florida Water Supply:Ron Littlepage said...Unfortunately, we know who would win when it comes to allowing development to run amok and it's not the wildlife.April 20, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment Post_________________________________Lesley Blackner said:In Florida, the sad reality is that government exists to serve the development machine, not the citizenry. That's why it's proper to say that in Florida we have government of the developer, by the developer and for the developer.April 22, 2007 Eye on Miami Post_________________________________On City of Miami and Miami Dade County giving $1,000,000 each to Jorge Perez’s Related Group (The Group's 2005 revenues were $3.25 billion.):"It makes as much sense as me donating half my paycheck to Warren Buffett.”May 6, 2007 Miami Herald Columnist Ana Menendez_________________________________On the FCAT Test:"'Florida is a serial mis-user of test scores.''Bob Schaeffer, director for Massachusetts-based FairTest.May 25, 2007 Miami Herald_________________________________Clifford Schulman (Greenberg Traurig Lobbyist):"This is the first time in 33 years that any one has accused me of fraud." June 28, 2007 Miami HeraldI say: hmm.__________________________________Max Rameau, Homeless Activist:"I respect Ron Book for his work with the Homeless Trust, but the Liberty City community and others have given broad support to this idea. I don't know that a big-time millionaire lobbyist can tell us what is best for Liberty City and the black community.'' July 28, 2007 Miami Herald__________________________________"After years of mismanagement under a board of political appointees and neighborhood activists, Miami-Dade County administrators have proposed a new way to run the troubled empowerment zone program. The plan: Bring in new political appointees and neighborhood activists."November 6, 2007 Miami Herald: Reporter Scott Hiaasen______________________________________"Saying "Greater Everglades" and "Northern Everglades" is not saying Everglades -- other places are deserving of being protected too, but there is only one Everglades. The main thing is to keep the 'Main Thing' the main thing -- which, lately, has not been the main thing." Bob Mooney - on Listserve "Everglades Commons"________________________________________"Does anyone in their right mind believe that Florida could conduct postal balloting without a major screw-up or scandal? Heavens, no! The whole country is keenly aware that our state is a sump hole of incompetence and corruption."Carl Hiaasen - March 16, 2008 Miami Herald_______________________________________On the Charter Review: "Commissioners want us to vote on their own pet changes, ideas the review team explicitly rejected. And, they're throwing their blatantly self-serving ballot questions at us at the same time. What a slap in the face to the charter review team — and to all of us!" Michael Lewis of Miami Today - April 10, 2008______________________________________On the Miami Dade County Commission:''Unfortunately, this is a commission that would build a cyanide factory next to a playground if you hired the right 12 lobbyists,'' Miami Lakes Councilman Michael Pizzi - May 14, 2008______________________________________"The days where we’re just building sprawl forever, those days are over. I think that Republicans, Democrats, everybody recognizes that that’s not a smart way to build communities." President Barack Obama in Fort Meyers - February 10, 2009______________________________________"So."Dick Cheney's response when told that two thirds of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. - Time Magazine 2008______________________________________"It seems like a bad idea can always find a home in the Florida Legislature." - Howard Simon - Executive Director of Florida ACLU - March 24, 2010

______________________________________Complete this sentence: South Florida really needs a..."Regional plan for controlled growth (before it becomes a concrete jungle similar to Houston), and a completely new set of elected officials that make decisions based on what's good for the future of South Florida instead of what's good for their wallets. - Jack McCabe, Real Estate expert who predicted the housing boom's end. - August 29, 2011 Miami Herald